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=,........ ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ........,=
,......... LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES .........,
.......... OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ..........
,......... ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE .........,
=,........ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ........,=
/=,....... SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM .......,=/
=/=,...... INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ......,=/=
*=/=,..... ANTENNA ARRAYS .....,=/=*
¤*=/=,.... WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ....,=/=*¤
@¤*=/=,... DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ...,=/=*¤@
#@¤*=/=,.. ..,=/=*¤@#
##@¤*=/=,. WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE .,=/=*¤@##
#@¤*=/=,.. SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ..,=/=*¤@#
@¤*=/=,... PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ...,=/=*¤@
¤*=/=,.... GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ....,=/=*¤
*=/=,..... AND =OUR= LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE .....,=/=*
=/=,...... GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ......,=/=
/=,....... .......,=/
=,........ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ........,=
,......... VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE .........,
.......... CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ..........
,......... THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA .........,
=,........ AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ........,=
/=,....... AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES .......,=/
=/=,...... HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ......,=/=
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@¤*=/=,... (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ...,=/=*¤@
#@¤*=/=,.. RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ..,=/=*¤@#
##@¤*=/=,. AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR .,=/=*¤@##
#@¤*=/=,.. MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ..,=/=*¤@#
@¤*=/=,... DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ...,=/=*¤@
¤*=/=,.... COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ....,=/=*¤
*=/=,..... FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS .....,=/=*
=/=,...... BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ......,=/=
/=,....... DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, .......,=/
=,........ ........,=
,......... NO . ONE . HAS . ANSWERED .........,
.......... ..........
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=,........ ####.== FERMI'S PARADOX ==.#### ........,=
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*=/=,..... SO WHY IS THAT? .....,=/=*
¤*=/=,.... ....,=/=*¤
@¤*=/=,... MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ...,=/=*¤@
#@¤*=/=,.. THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ..,=/=*¤@#
##@¤*=/=,. A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE .,=/=*¤@##
#@¤*=/=,.. PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ..,=/=*¤@#
@¤*=/=,... DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ...,=/=*¤@
¤*=/=,.... HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ....,=/=*¤
*=/=,..... .....,=/=*
=/=,...... BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ......,=/=
/=,....... DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? .......,=/
=,........ ........,=
,......... I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO .........,
.......... IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ..........
,......... SHOWS) .........,
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@¤*=/=,... I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ...,=/=*¤@
#@¤*=/=,.. THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ..,=/=*¤@#
##@¤*=/=,. FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING .,=/=*¤@##
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